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Quotes About Knife

We men are all in a fever of excitement, except Harker, who is calm. His hands are cold as ice, and an hour ago I found him whetting the edge of the great Ghoorka knife which he now always carries with him. It will be a bad lookout for the Count if the edge of that Kukri ever touches his throat, driven by that stern, ice-cold hand!
~ Bram Stoker
Un soare imperturbabil È™i alb str?lucea în vârful cerului. Îmi venea s? m? È™lefuiesc de la el pân? când deveneam sfînt? È™i esenÈ›ial? c? lama unui cuÈ›it.
~ Sylvia Plath
The sun will diminish it soon enough: Each wave-tip glitters like a knife.
~ Sylvia Plath
Only let down the veil, the veil, the veil. If it were death I would admire the deep gravity of it, its timeless eyes. I would know you were serious. There would be a nobility then, there would be a birthday. And the knife not carve, but enter Pure and clean as the cry of a baby, And the universe slide from my side. 30 September 1962
~ Sylvia Plath
That being free. What would the dark Do without fevers to eat? What would the light Do without eyes to knife, what would he Do, do, do without me.
~ Sylvia Plath
A stake or knife must be driven through the heart," said Tommy. "But a sea-vampire, Tommy," I responded, "is—is different.
~ Frank Belknap Long
No cat food and a toe knife out the window?! I mean, what am I doin'? Puttin' on airs because I got company?
~ Frank Reynolds
down outside." Bourne wasn't alone for long in the hut; he was putting away his mess-tin and knife when Sergeant Tozer came in and noted the
~ Frederic Manning
Some kiwis, too, though I wish I had a knife and a spoon." "Cut the kiwi with the Unforgiving Blade," Calvin said. "That will teach it.
~ Brandon Mull
How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...
~ Brandon Sanderson
How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?' with a knife to the chest...well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful
~ Brandon Sanderson
She no longer fought out of fear for the man she loved. Instead, she fought with an understanding. She was a knife—Elend's knife, the Final Empire's knife.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Power is a knife," Wit said, taking his seat. "A terrible, dangerous knife that can't be wielded without cutting yourself. We joked about stupidity, but in reality most people aren't stupid. Many are simply frustrated at how little control they have over their lives. They lash out. Sometimes in spectacular ways…
~ Brandon Sanderson
Did I tell you I finally found the perfect page-cutter? It's a pearl-handled fruit knife. My mother left me a dozen of them, I keep one in the pencil cup on my desk. Maybe I go with the wrong kind of people but i'm just not likely to have twelve guests all sitting around simultaneously eating fruit.
~ Helene Hanff
Linda recognized the car next to it as Höglund's. Linda fingered the Swiss army knife in her pocket, but this was not a night for slashing tires.
~ Henning Mankell
The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife.
~ Henry Miller
To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.
~ Tom Douglas
There was a barber and his wife. And he was beautiful. A proper artist with a knife but they transported him for life. And he was beautiful
~ Stephen Sondheim
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
~ Steven Brust
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.
~ Vera Farmiga
L'amore ci si parò dinanzi come un assassino sbuca fuori in un vicolo, quasi uscisse dalla terra, e ci colpì subito entrambi. Così colpisce il fulmine, così colpisce un coltello a serramanico!
~ Michail Bulgakov
But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat. Whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged into the heart. It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.
~ Bram Stoker
I tell Ki that I'm learning about words and stories to help our family. He says he's protecting our family with his knife. Who is right? Which is best, protecting with words or with his knife? She is instant, certain, and solemn, and there is no misunderstanding her meaning. Fight ignorance with words. Fight evil with your knife. Tell you husband, Ki, that he is right.
~ Camron Wright
Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.
~ Terry Pratchett